This summer, El Tímpano documented more than a dozen #WorldCup watch parties across the Bay Area, spanning grocery stores to parks to local bars. Our photo series captures the memories and community that the global event brought to life for Bay Area immigrants. www.eltimpano.org/english/cult...

Goles y nostalgia: Bay Area immigrants bring the World Cup home

El Tímpano’s final photo series installment captures the moments, memories, and community that fútbol brings to life for Bay Area immigrants and their families.

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I'm back from a month of touching grass - nice to see my last feature from @eltimpano.bsky.social republished by @19thnews.org ! Read it below:

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Mass deportations, workplace raids, and the erosion of protections for various categories of humanitarian immigrants have reshaped everyday life for communities across the Bay Area, injecting fear into routines as ordinary as the walk to school. From @eltimpano.bsky.social:

On June 25, 10-year-old Sofia Palacios walked hand-in-hand with Paraguay’s Julio Enciso onto the pitch at Levi’s Stadium—joining dozens of Bay Area kids selected as World Cup “mascot children.” www.eltimpano.org/english/cult...

For one immigrant girl in Oakland, a World Cup dream come true

Sofia Palacios walked hand-in-hand with a professional player onto the pitch at Levi's Stadium—joining dozens of Bay Area kids selected as World Cup "mascot children."

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This past Father’s Day, Maria Garcia and her family gathered at her daughter Carmen’s home in Hayward to watch the World Cup together—continuing a long-time family tradition of watching fútbol on Sundays. "It's all really beautiful." www.eltimpano.org/english/from...

From Michoacán to Hayward, Sunday fútbol never left the family

For Bay Area immigrants and their families, the World Cup is more than a tournament. El Tímpano’s photo series captures the moments, memories, and community the game brings to life.

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California’s expansion of Medi-Cal significantly reduced the uninsured rate among immigrants, but state and federal policies are unraveling that progress. We talked to immigrants, health navigators and mobile health clinics preparing for a new era of uncertainty. www.eltimpano.org/english/heal...

Health care shakeup hits immigrants

For immigrants in California, access to care is narrowing once more. El Tímpano reports from three corners of the Bay Area on what's changing — and who's affected.

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Mass deportations, workplace raids, and the erosion of protections for various categories of humanitarian immigrants have reshaped everyday life for communities across the Bay Area, injecting fear into routines as ordinary as the walk to school. From @eltimpano.bsky.social:

Preparing for the unthinkable

As immigration enforcement intensifies, parents in the Bay Area are making detailed plans for who will care for their children if they are detained or deported.

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In this week’s Weekly Dispatch, we explore what's at stake for immigrant communities as new state and federal policies could leave millions of immigrants with fewer options for health coverage. www.eltimpano.org/newsletter/a...

As coverage recedes, the number of uninsured immigrants could double

The Weekly Dispatch Community-powered immigration news from the Bay Area. Welcome to El Tímpano’s Weekly Dispatch. I’m Vanessa G. Sánchez, senior health equity reporter. In my conversations with healt...

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This summer, 36-year-old Oscar Guevara has transformed his family’s corner store in Richmond into a gathering space for neighbors to connect over the World Cup. “You can have a business, but at the same time be [there] for the community.” www.eltimpano.org/english/cult...

He grew up playing soccer. Now he’s using it to build community in Richmond

For Bay Area immigrants and their families, the World Cup is more than a tournament. El Tímpano’s photo series captures the moments, memories, and community the game brings to life.

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My last article for @eltimpano.bsky.social: I met the main source of this story at a workshop a few months ago. Despite winning her asylum case and becoming a US citizen, she was preparing for an unthinkable eventuality: That she could get detained, deported, and separated from her children:

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Despite becoming a U.S. citizen two years ago, an Oakland mother recently began planning for her children in case she is detained or deported. @ehellerstein.bsky.social examines the growing use of family preparedness plans in the Bay Area. www.eltimpano.org/english/immi...

Despite becoming a U.S. citizen two years ago, an Oakland mother recently began planning for her children in case she is detained or deported. @ehellerstein.bsky.social examines the growing use of family preparedness plans in the Bay Area. www.eltimpano.org/english/immi...

Preparing for the unthinkable

As immigration enforcement intensifies, parents across the Bay Area are making detailed plans for who will care for their children if they are detained, deported, or otherwise separated from their fam...

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My final article for @eltimpano.bsky.social explores how immigrant parents are preparing for the possibility of detention and deportation, and grappling with the fear those preparations bring into family life. I hope you'll give it a read: www.eltimpano.org/english/immi...

Preparing for the unthinkable

As immigration enforcement intensifies, parents across the Bay Area are making detailed plans for who will care for their children if they are detained, deported, or otherwise separated from their fam...

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One of my last articles for ET!

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For six months, a decentralized network of volunteers has stood watch outside Oakland schools with large immigrant populations, keeping an eye out for federal immigration agents. @ehellerstein.bsky.social joined them on shifts outside East Oakland schools. www.eltimpano.org/english/immi...

My final article for @eltimpano.bsky.social explores how immigrant parents are preparing for the possibility of detention and deportation, and grappling with the fear those preparations bring into family life. I hope you'll give it a read: www.eltimpano.org/newsletter/p...

Parents prepare for the unthinkable

The Weekly Dispatch Plus, an El Tímpano farewell. Welcome to El Tímpano’s Weekly Dispatch. I’m Erica Hellerstein, senior immigration, labor, and economics reporter. One of the first lessons you learn ...

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For six months, a decentralized network of volunteers has stood watch outside Oakland schools with large immigrant populations, keeping an eye out for federal immigration agents. @ehellerstein.bsky.social joined them on shifts outside East Oakland schools. www.eltimpano.org/english/immi...

Neighborhood watch

After Trump threatened an ICE surge in the Bay Area, hundreds of volunteers began standing guard outside Oakland schools. Six months later, they say the work has only just begun.

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Last week, a procedural deadline quietly passed for people seeking asylum in the U.S. @ehellerstein.bsky.social unpacks the local impact of the new change and why it represents a fundamental shift from how the asylum system has historically functioned. www.eltimpano.org/newsletter/d...

Death by 1000 cuts to asylum leaves Bay Area immigrants in limbo

Community-powered immigration news from the Bay Area.

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In today's Weekly Dispatch, @ehellerstein.bsky.social explores how the Trump administration’s deportation campaign has affected immigrant families in the Bay Area—and the community groups working to preserve a sense of safety for newcomers and their parents. www.eltimpano.org/newsletter/s...

School’s out, marking the end of a stressful year for immigrant families

The Weekly Dispatch Community-powered immigration news from the Bay Area. Welcome to El Tímpano’s Weekly Dispatch. I’m Erica Hellerstein, senior immigration, labor, and economics reporter. Well, it’s ...

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In just a few years, Union Maya, a cultural organization dedicated to preserving Maya Mam history and language has become an essential third space for local Maya Mam youth and families in Oakland. www.eltimpano.org/english/cult...

A Maya Mam third space in Oakland gives youth a chance to reconnect with their roots

Union Maya, a cultural organization dedicated to preserving Maya Mam history and language has become a beating heart for local Maya Mam youth and families in Oakland.

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Oakland’s first-ever Mam Honor Roll celebration honored middle and high schoolers with certificates, Guatemalan tamales, and cake. www.eltimpano.org/english/cult...

A first of its kind honor roll ceremony for Oakland’s Maya Mam students

Hosted by Union Maya, the celebration honored middle and high schoolers with certificates, Guatemalan tamales, and cake.

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In today’s Weekly Dispatch, we dive into proposed cuts and changes to Medi-Cal and what they would mean for immigrant communities in California. www.eltimpano.org/newsletter/t...

The future of Medi-Cal for immigrants: more expensive and harder to access

Community-powered immigration news from the Bay Area.

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"What we’ve seen is a whole system attack on protections for unaccompanied children,” said Hortencia Rodriguez, director of community partnerships at the Acacia Center for Justice, which facilitates legal representation to unaccompanied [children]. bit.ly/42GFM4j @eltimpano.bsky.social

With funding imperiled, thousands of unaccompanied minors in California could be left without legal aid

Community-powered immigration news from the Bay Area.

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Since 2015, more than 6,300 youth who immigrated to the U.S. alone have resettled in Alameda County. But many of those children now face an uncertain future amid potential cuts on both the state and federal level, @ehellerstein.bsky.social reports. www.eltimpano.org/newsletter/w...

With funding imperiled, thousands of unaccompanied minors in California could be left without legal aid

Community-powered immigration news from the Bay Area.

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Next week, Gov. Newsom will release a revision of CA’s proposed 2026-27 state budget. @ehellerstein.bsky.social explains the clash over the future of health care access for 200,000 lawfully present immigrants set to lose Medi-Cal due to changes enacted in H.R. 1. www.eltimpano.org/newsletter/s...

State lawmakers and Newsom clash over immigrant health care

A week before the release of Governor Gavin Newsom's revised 2026-27 California budget, the state finds itself at a crossroads.

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In today's Weekly Dispatch, we look at the most pressing questions and concerns that surfaced during the first three months of 2026. www.eltimpano.org/newsletter/t...

The top concern for El Tímpano's SMS subscribers? Rent.

A look at the most pressing questions and concerns that surfaced during the first three months of the year.

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In honor of Children’s Day, we invited Bay Area immigrant families to exchange advice—kids reminded their parents the importance of play, and adults told their younger selves to believe in their worth. 🪁🤸‍♂️⚽ www.eltimpano.org/english/cult...

This Children’s Day, Bay Area immigrant families reflect on what it means to be young

We invited kids and adults to exchange advice—kids reminded their parents of the importance of play, and adults told their younger selves to believe in their worth.

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In today’s Weekly Dispatch, we spotlight a recent El Tímpano story about 67-year-old Rosa María Carranza, one of roughly 100,000 lawfully present immigrants who stand to lose access to Medicare due to President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act. www.eltimpano.org/newsletter/h...

How is Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill impacting immigrant seniors?

The story of Rosa María Carranza has helped resurface a national conversation about health care access for immigrant seniors.

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Developed in collaboration with Oakland-based poet Arnoldo Garcia, our mobile poetry initiative invited community members to send us “micro-poems” in Spanish and Mam through text message. www.eltimpano.org/inside-el-ti...

Inside “Poemas Móviles,” El Tímpano’s mobile poetry project

Our “Poemas Móviles” project explores love, grief, hope, humor and memory, shared in both Spanish and Mam.

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Why hasn’t the Bay Area seen the kinds of large-scale immigration raids that have paralyzed life in Minneapolis, Chicago, & Los Angeles? A new study by the Bay Area Council Economic Institute offers a compelling explanation. @ehellerstein.bsky.social breaks it down. www.eltimpano.org/newsletter/w...

Why has the Bay Area avoided large-scale immigration raids?

A new study by the Bay Area Council Economic Institute offers a compelling explanation.

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In our latest Weekly Dispatch, @ehellerstein.bsky.social unpacks how policy changes like the federal government’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act may be exacerbating the health care affordability crisis for California Latinos. www.eltimpano.org/newsletter/l...

Latino Californians awash in medical debt amid sweeping cuts to health care

Community-powered immigration news from the Bay Area.

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Led by two local promotoras, a Spanish-language book club has grown into a source of community and self expansion at the Newark Library in South Alameda County. 📚 We attended a recent meeting and spoke with participants about why they keep showing up every week. www.eltimpano.org/english/cult...

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